Big Rice Lake (St. Louis County)
St. Louis County, Minnesota - DNR stocking history, depth and survey data
Minnesota · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) · DOW 69066900
Big Rice Lake (St. Louis County) has no DNR stocking rows in LakeFinder; this page carries its DNR depth, access and survey data.
- Big Rice Lake (St. Louis County) shows no stocking records in Minnesota DNR LakeFinder as of .
- Maximum depth 5 ft; surface area 1,917 acres, 1,849 littoral acres, 8.5 miles of shoreline, per the DNR lake survey.
- 1 public access on the DNR list.
- Most recent DNR fish survey: (standard survey).
- St. Louis County, nearest town Britt; DNR lake number (DOW) 69066900.
Depth map
Bathymetric contours from the Minnesota DNR lake survey; depths in feet. Simplified for the web; not for navigation.
Public accesses
| Type | Owner | Where |
|---|---|---|
| O | USF | - USFS boat landing on north side off Forest Road #256.Private boat landing-S side off County Road #366. |
DNR fish survey, 1982
| Species | Gear | Catch per net | Total catch | Avg lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow perch | Standard gill nets | 79.00 | 158 | 0.44 |
| Northern pike | Standard gill nets | 11.50 | 23 | 1.78 |
| White sucker | Standard gill nets | 5.50 | 11 | 2.36 |
Catch per net (CPUE) is the DNR survey's count per gill net or trap net set; higher means more of that species were sampled, not a fishing forecast. Top species per gear shown; where we have no verified common name for a DNR code, the code itself is shown.
Big Rice Lake contains above average populations of northern pike, yellow perch and suckers.
Minnesota DNR survey narrative, .
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